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A vision board for your voice.
Pin references — links, images, text — that shape tone and style. Drafts learn from your taste so they sound like you, not a template.
Vol. 01No. 01Thursday, May 21, 2026Free · forever up to 1,000 readers
Lead story5 min read
The post you keep
meaning to write.
Staying in touch with your community matters. But if it isn't anyone's full-time job, it gets lost in the noise. sospoke is a quiet, focused place to inspire, draft, and ship — and then get back to your actual work.
By the sospoke team·Filed under: Drafting, Multilingual, Self-hosted delivery
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In this edition04
- 01What's different with sospokeSix things you'll notice — vision board, drafts, multilingual, audio, conversation, BYO providers.p. 02
- 02Before sospoke / after sospokeA spread on what it looks like to quiet the chaos.p. 03
- 03A real post, ready to shipAn example of what your readers would receive.p. 04
- 04A note from the editorsPricing, beliefs, what we won't do.p. 05
§ 01 · What's different
Six things you'll notice on day one.
Sure, it sends your newsletter. But sospoke is so much more.
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Drafts that get you unstuck.
Skip the blank page. Brief us, get a first draft in your voice, refine it, and ship — no rewriting from scratch every time.
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Multilingual, natively.
Write once. Add translations per locale. Readers receive the version that matches their language in email and on your public archive.
04
Audio narration, out of the box.
Pick a voice or add your own. Bring your own Fish or ElevenLabs key on any plan to skip overage fees.
05
Engagement that inspires.
Polls, surveys, comments, likes, and shares. Disable or moderate per post when you need silence.
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Our services, or yours.
Use our built-in services, or bring your own — SES, SendGrid, or Mailgun for email. DeepL or Google for translation. Skip overage fees with keys you already own.
§ 02 · A spread
Before sospoke. After sospoke.
The same Tuesday morning, in two parallel universes.
Before — Tuesday, 9:14 AM
Slack"Did we ever send that update to brokers?"
EmailRe: re: re: customer comms — pinging again
GmailForwarding: "Are we still doing the newsletter?"
NotionQ2 post draft (last edited 47 days ago)
WhatsAppCo-founder: draft when? 🙏
iMessageHey, when does the next one go out?
Google DocNewsletter Q2 — opened by 3, edited by 0
CalendarBlock: write the post (moved 6×)
After — Tuesday, 9:14 AM
No. 12 · Sent · 9:08 AM
What we changed about onboarding (and why)
Last month we rewrote the first email new customers see. Here's what we cut, what we kept, and what surprised us about reply rates.
4,318readers
3languages
42%opened so far
9%clicked through
ENFRDEAuto-translated, reviewed in 4 minutes
Sent by Maya · back to her inbox by 9:21
Stop waiting.
Start writing.
Brief us once. Get a draft in your voice. Edit, ship, and you're done before your coffee's cold.
A note from the editors
What we believe
- Your subscriber list is yours. Always exportable, never gated, no vendor lock-in.
- Drafting tools should help you get past the blank page, not replace your voice. The interview-driven flow asks for the specifics that make a post worth reading — your stories, your numbers, your opinion.
- Content lives in more than one place. Email it as a newsletter, surface it on your public archive, share it as a social post — without rewriting from scratch each time.
- Multilingual isn't an enterprise add-on. Translate posts in one click, send to readers in their preferred language, BYO DeepL or Google key when you want unlimited.
- Pricing should be honest. Transparent tiers, BYO email / translation / audio / drafting providers to skip overage fees, no per-subscriber gotchas.
— the sospoke team
Colophon
- Built for
- Drafting, translating, and shipping — fast
- Published from
- Wherever you happen to be — a kitchen table, a co-working space, a long flight
- Hosted email by
- Whatever provider you bring
- Spam policy
- None tolerated. Built with care.
- Pricing
- Free, then $19 / $39 / $79 · We don't penalize you for growing